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Minnesota wide receiver Logan Hutton is a redshirt senior with four career receptions. Up until Friday, his two-point conversion vs. Western Illinois in 2013 (pictured above) was his calling card. Not anymore. From this day forward, Hutton will be known as the Minnesota receiver who did a backflip while catching two footballs. Seriously. See it in this post. #Gophers WR Logan Hutton has a few tricks up his sleeve. http://t.co/yoh76x1yMt — Minnesota Football (@GopherFootball) June 27, 2014 [ MORE: Video: Ohio State DE Joey Bosa can backflip, too ] Holy athleticism and concentration! Watch another angle of it here. Don’t

We’ve seen an Ohio State fan go out of his/her way to prove he/she isn’t a Michigan fan. And, now we’ve seen an Ohio State fan boldly go out of his/her way to prove he/she is a Buckeye fan – in the state of Michigan, no less. Check out the picture of a Michigan vanity plate that reads “URBNMYR” in this post. [ MORE: Ohio State assistant cracks joke about rival Michigan ] As stated above, this is a bold move. No one would be surprised if this driver, at the very least, draws some dirty looks on Michigan highways.

Nick Swisher did it again. Earlier this year, the former Ohio State star led the home crowd in an O-H-I-O chant after a home run in Cleveland’s win over Minnesota. Thursday, he did it again after drilling a walk-off grand slam to send the Indians past the Angels. Watch Swisher’s grand slam and O-H-I-O in the video above. Here’s a picture of Swisher after hitting the game-winner: About Brent Yarina BTN.com senior editor Brent Yarina covers football and men’s basketball for BTN.com. He writes the popular uniform feature “Clothes Call,” which also focuses on the latest cosmetic changes across Big

Twitter users, rejoice! As of today, the site now allows users to tweet animated GIFs. You aren’t the only one excited about this. Several Big Ten basketball and football teams celebrated the news by tweeting GIFs of memorable 2013-14 moments. Check out our favorite examples in this post. [ MORE: @umichbball retweets Michigan fans’ favorite GIFs ] About Brent Yarina BTN.com senior editor Brent Yarina covers football and men’s basketball for BTN.com. He writes the popular uniform feature “Clothes Call,” which also focuses on the latest cosmetic changes across Big Ten arenas and stadiums. Read all of his work here.

NFL.com continues to churn out its 14 for ’14 lists, and it was the nation’s top 14 Heisman Trophy candidates turn Monday. Braxton Miller led a quartet of Big Ten representatives, at No. 3, behind reigning Heisman winner Jameis Winston and Oregon’s Marcus Mariota. See NFL.com’s Big Ten Heisman contenders list in this post. [ MORE: NFL.com: Top Heisman Trophy candidates for 2014 ] No. 3 Braxton Miller, QB, Ohio State “Miller performed at a high level in the second half of the season, showing he completely had adapted to the version of the spread offense favored by coach Urban

James Franklin’s Vanderbilt days are over, but the Penn State coach was back in black Saturday on the opening day of the College World Series. Franklin, who left Nashville for Penn State in January, was in Omaha to cheer on his former school’s baseball team and friend, Vandy coach Tim Corbin. Vanderbilt topped Louisville, 5-3, and plays UC Irvine at 8 p.m. ET tonight. h/t: @LostLettermen About Brent Yarina BTN.com senior editor Brent Yarina covers football and men’s basketball for BTN.com. He writes the popular uniform feature “Clothes Call,” which also focuses on the latest cosmetic changes across Big Ten

The first day of summer is June 21. With the Big Ten athletic season complete, it is “summer,” for all intents and purposes. So, I decided to do something random – something I hoped would be fun – with Big Ten fans on Twitter. I asked them to pick two players, past or present, from their Big Ten team to use in a mythical Big Ten NBA JAM. See their selections in this post.

Well, this comes as a surprise: Indiana QB Tre Roberson announced Wednesday that he will transfer. Roberson, who threw six touchdown passes in the 2013 finale vs. Purdue, and Nate Sudfeld were expected to share time again in 2014. Last fall, Roberson, the dual-threat option, threw for 1,128 yards and 15 touchdowns and ran for 423 yards and five scores. [ MORE: Iowa senior safety Nico Law to transfer ] “I want to thank the coaching staff, my teammates and Indiana University for all of their support over the last three years,” Roberson said in a team release. “My time

BTN had a distinguished visitor Wednesday, as former Maryland and NFL star Shawne Merriman visited our headquarters. Merriman starred for the Terps from 2002-2004, earning All-ACC honors in his final season, and went on to lead the NFL in sacks (2006) and be a three-time All-Pro. See our Q&A with Merriman in this post. BTN.com: For our fans who may not know, how did you get the nickname “Lights Out?” Shawne Merriamn: My sophomore year in high school, I knocked out four guys in one game. I had parents come in and protest that I should not be on the